OK, if not a bug, then let's define the default for users who live above 5,000 ft. :)
I think it's far more reasonable to set defaults so that under ANY normal conditions, users will not see an error. YES, let them tune the default to a narrower range if they want. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 10:17:58 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote: > It's not a bug but a set of defaults provided under [StdQC] in weewx.conf > for the user to tailor to their needs. Once you set them to suit your needs > they will remain that way across WeeWX upgrades etc until you change them. > > Gary > > On Friday, 4 March 2022 at 12:59:36 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Experienced tech (HW, SW, FW and more), brand new to WeeWX. Have had my >> WeatherFlow Tempest running for a couple of months. >> >> On initial setup, I just discovered that weewx thinks my barometric >> pressure is out of range! I thought that was interesting. >> >> I consider this a bug: >> >> - The adjusted sea level barometer is just fine, and within expected >> range >> - But my actual pressure is considered too low. >> - Not a surprise: we live in Colorado *near* the mountains at a bit >> over 7000 ft -- so our raw pressure is about 3/4 of sea level. People not >> far from me live over 10000 ft ! And there's a weather station on top of >> a >> nearby mountain at over 14000 ft. >> - The current accepted default pressure is 24 inHG. That's 2 in below >> the typical minimum seen in the middle of a tornado. >> - I suggest either dynamically calculating what's acceptable based on >> altitude, or changing this to allow up to 15,000 ft stations. I doubt we >> would see tornados at 15000 ft, but we DO see some at 7000 ft. >> - All things considered, I would suggest a minimum of 17 for 7000 ft, >> 14 for 15000 ft. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/20f14c3c-e03f-4adf-a351-b35ef37c4bf0n%40googlegroups.com.
